Military

Green Berets on the Hunt for Kony

Staff / Truthdig Apr 30, 2012 It seems the viral horde that spread the message of African warlord Joseph Kony got what it wanted, or maybe just had it all along. For about six months, U.S. Green Berets have been training and supporting soldiers in four nations on the hunt for the Lord's Resistance Army leader. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Turkish Army Humiliates Gays on Their Way Out

Staff / Truthdig Mar 26, 2012 While it took a huge cultural shift and immense political pressure to grant gay and lesbian volunteers the right to serve openly in the United States military, gay men in Turkey have to move mountains to get out of an army that does not want them in the first place. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Invisible Children Linked to Anti-Gay Groups

Staff / Truthdig Mar 14, 2012 Invisible Children has received donations from known anti-gay groups for its Kony 2012 campaign; a US soldier went on a killing spree in Afghanistan; meanwhile, our tax dollars are being used to transmit Rush Limbaugh's show to U troops abroad These discoveries and more after the jump. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

AP: Soldier Accused of Sunday Massacre Was on His 4th Tour

Staff / Truthdig Mar 12, 2012 The American soldier accused of killing 16 Afghan civilians, nine of them children, had already served three tours of duty in Iraq and arrived in Afghanistan for his first tour in December, according to The Associated Press. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Report Contradicts Obama on Drone Casualties

Staff / Truthdig Feb 7, 2012 U.K.-based investigative reporters working with the Sunday Times have determined that "since Obama took office three years ago, between 282 and 535 civilians have been credibly reported as killed [by CIA drone attacks in Pakistan], including more than 60 children." Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Accused Serial Killer Returned From Iraq ‘Totally Changed’

Staff / Truthdig Jan 17, 2012 Friends tell the Los Angeles Times that Itzcoatl "Izzy" Ocampo returned from Iraq a changed man. The ex-Marine from Orange County, Calif., is accused of killing four homeless men, each stabbed more than 40 times. "He's a veteran who did not get the help he needed," said a fellow Marine, adding that she had trusted Ocampo with her life. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Washington Funds Militarization of Police Departments

Staff / Truthdig Dec 23, 2011 With newly purchased assault rifles, body armor and armored vehicles, "many officers look more and more like combat troops serving in Iraq and Afghanistan," finds the Center for Investigative Reporting, which has arguably done a better job than Washington of tracking what precincts around the country have bought with $34 billion in federal grants. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

America the Battlefield

Staff / Truthdig Dec 14, 2011 John McCain and several other senators are trying to pass a measure to include the United States as part of the battlefield in the "war on terror," allowing the U.S. military to jail American citizens without a trial; the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation donated to an enemy of public education; meanwhile, David Cameron was trying to blackmail the rest of Europe. These discoveries and more after the jump. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

The Cruelty of Nonlethal Weapons

Staff / Truthdig Dec 9, 2011 This week on Truthdig Radio in association with KPFK: Newt Gingrich's rise and Rod Blagojevich's fall; why nonlethal weapons are being abused; Nomi Prins' new novel; and millennial mishigas.This week on Truthdig Radio: Newt Gingrich's rise and Rod Blagojevich's fall; nonlethal weapons; Nomi Prins' new novel; and millennial mishigas. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

New Documentary Confronts Military Rape

Staff / Truthdig Dec 6, 2011 The widespread sexual assault of women in the military is all too often accompanied by indifference and, as some have alleged, deliberate coverups. A new documentary titled "The Invisible War" explores this tragically ignored subject. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Withdrawal Means Withdrawal

Staff / Truthdig Oct 17, 2011 President Obama will be able to say that he kept one of his promises from the ’08 campaign trail come Dec. 31 of this year, when all but 160 American troops will leave Iraq after more than eight years of heavy military involvement (read: war) in the Middle Eastern nation. (more) Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Twitter Tries to Cash In

Staff / Truthdig Oct 6, 2011 Twitter is trying to become a profitable business; the Pentagon is giving Afghanistan's riches to China; and Icelanders are egging their leaders. These discoveries and more after the jump. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )